The Brown Brick Road

Capturing our adventures one photo at a time...

Philly

We took a little adventure over the long weekend to the city of brotherly love and we sure did have a fun time! We flew up Saturday morning and met up with GJ and Keath and fam to take in the sights and see some history! First stop? The Liberty Bell!

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philly

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The famous crack!

liberty bell

We then made our way around some historical buildings…

philly

philly

and headed to Reading Terminal Market for lunch. Cheesesteaks of course!

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One thing Philly has is tons of art! Lots and lots of public art on display and it’s all pretty cool! Samantha particularly enjoyed it all!

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philly

philly

We made our way to the famous LOVE park…where the LOVE sign was much smaller than I imagined!

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love

This sign was much more the size I was imagining!

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More Philly fun to come tomorrow!

More Canada

We had such a good time with these fun friends…

friends

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And enjoyed a little kid-free time! Thanks GJ!

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It was pretty funny when Robert and I took the Boston Whaler out and got totally lost on the lake! Thank goodness for GPS and a cell phone with 10% battery left!! My skipper on my 3 hour tour…

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Overall it was a really fun trip full of fun Canadian things, like Tim Horton’s! Also, next time I travel internationally, I’m getting Global Entry. This customs line is for the birds…

canada

Thankfully we had plenty of time and made it back home to the babies with no problem! A great trip indeed!

Canada

Robert and I were invited to travel to Ahmic Lake in Canada to spend a few days with some friends and it was wonderful! It was a looooong trip up…13 hours! We flew from Birmingham to New York to Toronto and then drove 3 hours.

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But, when we got there, this view greeted us!

lake

lake

Combine that with highs in the mid-70s and it was glorious! There were boat rides…

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boat

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boat

There was water skiing…

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There was paddle boarding…

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Most fun of all? There was adventure jumping off the boat house!

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lake

lake

lake

lake

That lead to treasure hunting for Apple Watches that made their way into the lake! Unfortunately, no treasures were found!

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Lots and lots of fun in Canada! More tomorrow!

More Naples

Like I said yesterday, we did all of our favorite things in Naples…and plenty of adventures that the kids talked us into! Robert took Spencer and Samantha on the jet ski…

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Maxwell talked us into braving the heat for mini golf.

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golf

He and Robert both got a hole in one!

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golf

I’m not sure what happened here but GJ looks pretty pleased!

gj

The kids knew hot to cool off afterward!

golf

We also played tennis together for the first time down there. It ended about how I thought it would…

tennis

ha! The rackets were old and the grips were disintegrating and Samantha’s turned her hands black! Combine that with a good ball to the face by Robert and she was done! But, Maxwell and I played again another day and had a lot of fun and then I took all 3 kids back out on our last day and it was an overall success!

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Of course we shot fireworks on the 4th…

4th

and made CCCs!

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ccc

We also took on another sand dollar project just liked we did in 2020…

sand dollars

and saw lots of movies – Maverick, the Minions, and Lightyear! The kids drank a lot of Roy Rogers on the beach…

calamari

and they all tried – and liked! – calamari!

calamari

calamari

calamari

Of course, the only question is…

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when are we going back?!

Naples

The week of July 4th we took a trip down to Naples for some fun and sun! This motley crew was happy to be there!

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naples

naples

It was our first time down there without Daddo and…it was hard. It just didn’t seem right. But, Naples was his favorite place and we’re so glad he introduced it to us so it could become our favorite place too. We loved doing our usual favorite things like going to the beach, the movies, playing mini golf, making cookies….can’t beat it. We also tried some new restaurants, The Bay House and The Dock, and we went to eat at Swan River. Overall a great stay!

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naples

beach

beach

beach

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naples

We love Naples!

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